MOSCOW: Social media users have admired Russian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov for showing excellent performance in his career after he announced retiring from the sport.
Several people praised him shortly after he beat his American opponent Justin Gaethje in his last fight as he announced retirement. Megan Olivi described his last performance in the ring as a “masterful, skilled, beautifully well rounded” fight.
29-0. After a masterful, skilled, beautifully well rounded performance Khabib leaves his gloves in the octagon and announces his retirement. Wow.
— Megan Olivi (@MeganOlivi) October 24, 2020
On a social media website Twitter, users said that Khabib was the number one “pound-for-pound” fighter of the UFC.
Glad I stayed up and watched #UFC254 What a card! Amazing bouts. Another clinical performance by the GOAT – #Khabib! He is the undisputed number 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world!
— Frank Rausan Pereira (@frp09) October 25, 2020
Hashim Rizwan Butt drew parallels between Khabib and boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
Two Mans With same Vision. ❤️❤️#Khabib#khabibnurmagomedov https://t.co/AE7ykLNA5d
— Hashim Rizwan Butt (@hashim_rathore) October 25, 2020
Fatima was of the view that Khabib was “honored by Islam”.
https://twitter.com/filmbyfatima/status/1320192434442305537
Several people took to social media to show their love and adulation for the Russian brawler, who remained victorious in all the 29 fights he fought throughout his career.
Nurmagomedov, one of the best fighters in mixed martial arts history, submitted Justin Gaethje — whom many said would be Nurmagomedov’s toughest test — via triangle choke at 1 minute, 34 seconds of the second round while fighting with a broken foot Saturday in the main event of UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. And he did it with a broken foot, according to UFC president Dana White.
This was Nurmagomedov’s first fight since his father and head coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, died in July from complications of COVID-19. And afterward, Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
